The situation is approaching dangerous. Measles, supposedly eliminated 14 years ago, is again alive and growing in the U.S. The 288 cases reported in 18 states is the largest outbreak in those 14 years, and the Center for Disease Control and Prevention is NOT hopeful that those are the last ones.
Too many American adults have not been vaccinated, and far too many are not giving their children that protection. We never know when we’ll go to a ball game or movie and sit next to someone who wasn’t vaccinated before traveling (need two shots if traveling to some parts of the world) and is now carrying the deadly disease. Or we may take our small child to a birthday party where another child hasn’t been vaccinated but has been visited recently by a relative from another country and given the “gift” of measles that haven’t exhibited symptoms yet.
It’s not worth the chance–or your child’s life. PLEASE, make sure that everyone in your family and circle of friends has been vaccinated against measles.